deception
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /dɪˈsɛpʃən/
deception
- An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- deliberate deception
- pure deception
- She got the money out of the tourist by deception.
- See also Thesaurus:deception
- French: supercherie, tromperie
- German: Betrug, Betrügerei, Täuschung
- Italian: mistificazione, inganno, sotterfugio, raggiro, frode
- Portuguese: enganação, engano, logro
- Russian: обма́н
- Spanish: engaño, socaliña
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